WVC 31 D- 1 - 123
§31D-1-123. Effective time and date of document.
(a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section and
subsection (c), section one hundred twenty-four of this article, a
document accepted for filing is effective:

(1) At the date and time of filing, as evidenced by means as
the secretary of state may use for the purpose of recording the
date and time of filing; or

(2) At the time specified in the document as its effective
time on the date it is filed.

(b) A document may specify a delayed effective time and date
and if it does so, the document becomes effective at the time and
date specified. If a delayed effective date but no time is
specified, the document is effective at the close of business on
that date. A delayed effective date for a document may not be
later than the ninetieth day after the date it is filed.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2016 Regular Session
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